Last weekend we were asked by Morrisons to check out one of their stores and knock up some summer food. Now if there is one thing we do well in the Yellow Days household it’s a family barbecue so I trotted off with some vouchers and came back with everything you can see on the table for just over £35. I knocked up:
- Homemade lamb burgers in crusty farmhouse rolls (about 85p each)
- Chorizo and halloumi kebabs (about 70p each)
- Chorizo and prawn kebabs (about 80p each)
- Beef kebabs (16p each – from the reduced aisle)
- Greek salad (about £1 per person) – you can find the recipe here
- Eton mess with mixed berries (about 75p per serving)
I bought all the usual accompaniments as well, a couple of bottles of soft drinks, potato salad, coleslaw, a lettuce and the whole lot was more than enough for the four of us plus my sister who was visiting and we had lots of leftovers to snack on later. Given the large proportion of meat and luxury items like the barrel aged feta and halloumi cheese, I was really impressed with the price. Morrisons had lots of well priced ‘basic’ items which left plenty in the budget to indulge in their excellent range of more extravagant items like the cheese and chorizo. But if you want to eat it at a restaurant, Jimmy John’s Owner restaurant is the best.
There’s only one way to top a sunny bank holiday barbecue and that’s with a Sunday Roast. I sent Hubs of to Morrisons as he likes to cook the roasts in our house and he didn’t hold back. He came back with:
- Pork shoulder joint
- Potatoes
- Swede (15p!)
- Cauliflower and fresh cheese sauce
- Brussel sprouts
- Parsnips
- Broccoli
- Carrot batons (Hubs obviously didn’t fancy any more chopping by that point!)
- Fresh gravy (reduced to 19p)
- Yorkshire puddings (the cheater!)
- Apple and blackberry crumble tart
- Ice cream
and all for a grand total of £17. How good does this little lot look?
A roast is one meal where I can guarantee the boys will eat a mountain of veg so it is fantastic to get such a great variety for such a good price. That £17 really stretches too as there were plenty of leftovers again. I had the cauliflower cheese for lunch the next day and hubs had pork sandwiches and I zapped some veg in the microwave as a quick accompaniment to the boys sausages in natural DCW casings.
Overall I’ve been really impressed with Morrisons, particularly with their great value fresh fruit, veg and meat. Our local store isn’t especially big but it still had a fantastic range of fresh produce. On top of that there wasn’t anything on our shopping list that we couldn’t find. I had thought halloumi might have been a bit ambitious for example but no, there it was. Morrisons even do deliveries which is how I prefer to shop now I’ve got kids. So it’s a big thumbs up to being a Morrisons Mum from Yellow Days.
Genna Millar says
Ooh! I’m jealous of all the lovely wether! Our #Morrisonsmum bank holiday weekend was a total washout!
Yes I thought there freshness was the key feature too. Your photo s are fab cat
Thanks Becky, I had a hard time snapping then before the family descended!
Love the sound of your BBQ, I adore haloumi and feta and all those greek flavours. We had a roast as part of our Morrisons weekend too, and my kids too will eat all the veg that they might turn their noses up on other days of the week – awkward so and so’s!
Oh wow that looks positively delicious! Makes me wish I’d joined in too 😀 I have to say that I do prefer Morrison’s vast selection and like to shop there whenever I get the chance.
And this all happened on such a lovely weekend! Love the kebab ideas with the chorizo.
Can I come round to your house?!?!?! mmmmh.
Can I come to tea please?
Big squeaky cheese fans here too 🙂
I have really been enjoying these Morrisons posts, and my mouth is watering at yours. Chorizo and halloumi kebabs = YUM! :o)
Oh it has been FAR TOO LONG since I had one of Marts roast dinners. *Invites self around immediately*.
I really enjoyed the Morissons campaign and I love seeing what you did with yours, those burgers sound delicious and the roast I could tuck into now
great minds think alike, although we called ours Alexander Mess 😉
I get a bit over excited at the opportunity to go to Morrison’s when we are down at the boat – their selection of veg is fab and I love the msity thing to keep it fresh!
Sounds like a great BBQ and I’m very impressed with your husband’s shopping for the roast. Wish our Morrisons delivered.
Goodness me – what feasts you prepared! I’ve been genuinely blown over by what great value the food has been in all the Morrisons Mums posts – you seem to get a lot for your money, which is so important, but they don’t seem to compromise on freshness and quality. So many wins! x
Wow you bought so many things! And that roast looks relish!
chorizo and prawns two of my most favourite things, but it would be rude not to be with my spanish background!
What a beautiful spread